Koji Ueharaended his training in Japan on the Thursday. He told reporters that he'd like to throw more off-speed pitches now that his right elbow is feeling a lot better (and continues to improve). He'll now head down to Florida on the 10th.

On his last day of training in Japan, Uehara played some light catch and then from distances of about 75m, started throwing a little harder, mixing in forkballs, changes, curves, sliders, cutters, and shutos.